Milk-strainer



(No Model.)

G. TRUBEL.

MILK STRAINER.

Patented Dec. 18, 1888..

v*UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE TRUBEL, OF LEVISTOVN, ILLINOIS.

MILK-STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,798, dated December18, 1888.

Application tiled March 5, 1888.v Serial No. 266,237. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE TEUBEL, a citizen ot' the United States,residing' at Lewistown, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Milk-Strz'linersand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to so construct a milk-strainer that itmay be readily attached to and detached from a milk pail or bucket; andit consists in certain constructions and combinations ol parts, as willbe hereinafter described and speciiicallyclaimed.

Figure l is an enlarged perspective view of my improved strainer. Fig'.is a perspective view showing' the strainer applied to a milk-pailpreparatory to emptying the pail of its` contents. Fig'. 3 is aperspective view showing' the milk-strainer attached to a pail or bucketfrom which the milk is being' poured into the strainer. Fig. 4 is acentral long'itudinal detail view of. the strainer-clasp shown in Fig'.l and sprung' upon a pail, which is indicated by section-lines. Fig. 5is a detail perspective view of the bail and hook or clasp of thestrainer before applying' the spring-detent thereto shown in Figs. l andl.

In Fig'. l, A indicates my improved milkstrainer, having' its frontportion, as Z), constructed in concave torni, as shown, in order to titthe circular outline ot' the front of a milk pail or bucket, l5, when,previous to pouring', the two are in juxtaposition, as indicated in Fig.2. The strainer is provided with a pivotally-attached liftingwire bail,C, which, midway of its length, is made into the form ot' a hook orclasp, as D, which, when the strainer is in use, will hook over thewired edg'e i of the pail or bucket, as represented in Figs. 2, 3, andai. This hook, being central of the length of the bail and the point ofthe atl tachment of the strainer to the pail or bucket, i

preserves the strainer in a balanced or level position, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, so as not to spill the milk from the side of the strainerduring' the act of straining' the same. Between the front portion, f,and the shanks f of the hook D a detent-spring, as g, is interposed, asshown in Figs. l and 4, the same at its rear end being xedly attached tothe shanksf of the hook in such manner that the normal position andthrust of the ang'ular shoulder 71 of said spring' g shall be thatoccupied, as clearly indicated in Fig. e, so that when the hook or claspD is sprung upon a pail, as in Figs. Q, 3, and 4f, the wired edg'e e' ofthe pail or bucket will engage with the angular shoulder 7L of thespring g, and thus retain the strainer upon the pail or bucket B whilein use.

The hook D, (clearly shown in Fig. 5,) which is homogeneous with thewire composing' the bail proper, is of suoli length as to allow thestrainer A to be suspended a proper distance below the wired edge or rimyL' of the pail= or bucket, as shown in Fig'. 2, so that when the pailis filled with milk and tipped forward, with the front of the pailfitting' against or in the concave portion l) of the strainer, thestrainer will catch the full width of the stream of milk poured from thepail or bucket B.

It will be seen that the hook or clasp D is self-adjusting' upon thepail or bucket when the wired edge i of the pail is thrust therein, asshown in Figs. 2, 4, and 5, and that the adjustment of the strainer tothe pail o1' bucketf is such that when the milk is poured into thestrainer it will strike with equal force and volume the entire bottom ofthe strainer, thus allowing' the work to be quickly accomplished.

The strainer A is at bottom made with a rim, u, over which thestrainer-cloth, whether of reticulated wire or other fabric, may be adjusted and held in place by a flexible band, and it may be readilyremoved when it requires to be cleaned.

.V hat I claim isl. In combination with a milk-stranieri, the pivotedbail C, provided with a hook or clasp portion, D, having a spring, g,substantially as described.

2. In combination with the strainer A, the bail C, having' hook D,composed of front portion, f, and shanks j", substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE TRUBEL. lVitn esses:

IsAmH C. WoRLEY, E. C. SIMENS.-

